St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-13
THEY RGPUog RTE GEORGE.
Prominent IrTs.l Cac.aolics Who Re-
fused TO Meet Him Social1Y.

Prominent ErIsaa Catholics who Re
fused to Meet Him Socially.
New YORK, Jan. 12.-When the COM
mittee of Irish-Americans of this city de-
cided to give dinner to DR.. James E.
Kelly. the prominent physician of Dublin,
they invited Eugene Kelly, the banker: P.
NJ. Haverty, Henry George and great
many others. The dinner was given Mon
day evening, but Eugene Kelly and Mr..
Haverty were not present. They had pre-
viously informed the committee that they
could not attend because Henry George was
among the guests. Eugene Kelly was seen
yesterday at his banking house in Exchange
Pace, and asked why he refused to be
present.
.'Some time ago accepted an invitation to
dine with M. Kelly, most admirable man
and very eminent phy sician, and Saturday
last saw in some paper that Henry George
was to be present, and that | was to sit at his
right hand and that Maj. Haverty was to sit
at his left, and as soon as l saw that l wrote
a letter declining to be present. l regard
Mr. George as very dangerous man in
community like this. He is endeavoring to
establish Il new party, and by special plead
ingS, by pretending to be the friend Of the
poor, he has induced good men from the Re-
publican party-a few OF them-Jo join him,
and the rest of his following is made up of
tramps, anarchists. socialists and what not.
He attacks the Catholics, and endeavorS to
show that they are not the friends of the
poor while in the next breath he asserts him
self as the friend of the Catholics. The
whole genius of the Catholic religion is
sympathy and aid for the poor. Its priests
give up everything that they may minister
TO the suffering in every shape. its
sisters of'a CHARITY have no other
mission than to aid the poor and SUITE r.
ly1,n,v ir,cr b ic fo1f hot
conscentiouslJ sit at the same board or en-
gage in any work in which this man had a
place. In country like this L regard the
doctrines OF George as most perncous. He
speaks of the attitude of the Catholic church
on the land question in Ireland, but the con il
lions there are very different from waat they
are in this country. do not care to discuss
that custom further than to say that the
English law recognizes the principle that those
born on the land have right to a living from
it, but the landlords ignore that principle and
exact from the tller Of the soil his whole SUBJ
stance. Here there is land and a livelihood
for all who are willing to work felt that If
l Joined Mr.. George at this dinner the i'm
preston might go abroad that l sympathized
with him in his land doctrines and in his pub
lished attacks on the Catholic religion. This
l could not for 8 moment permit, and so de-
clined to go. ] have no feeling in common
with George, but on the contrary, think his
doctrines most dangerous"
There may be nore rOuble of a similar
kind about the d.. ner . be given Michael
Davitt Jan. II. ii is feared that many
prominent Irish Catholics may follow the
example of Messrs. Kelly and Haverty, and
refuse to attend if Henry George is to be-
one of the guests. Mr.. George said yester-
day that he had paid for tickets for the BAN
Quet, but had since made up his mind to
write to the secretary of the committee that
if any one was likely to be absent on ac
count of his presence he would not attend.
Mr.. Davitt recently criticised Henry
Georges article in his new paper on the
case of Dr. McGlynn, and some mutual
friends fear that the pleasant relations of
MI. Davitt and Mr.. George may be rup-
tured thereby